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MXG610s Fibre Channel Switch 
Module Setup Guide

Supporting fabric OS 8.1.0_Inx

Summary of Contents for MXG610s

Page 1: ...MXG610s Fibre Channel Switch Module Setup Guide Supporting fabric OS 8 1 0_Inx ...

Page 2: ... to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem WARNING A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage personal injury or death Copyright 2018 Dell Inc or its subsidiaries All rights reserved Dell EMC and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc or its subsidiaries Other trademarks may be trademarks of their respective owners 2018 07 Rev A00 ...

Page 3: ...uide 5 Blade server preparation 5 Switch module installation 5 Serial connection 8 Static IP addresses 9 Optical transceivers and cabling installation 12 Port side LEDs 13 Additional country specific IEEE notices 14 3 Dell EMC support 17 Contents 3 ...

Page 4: ...stall this equipment Read this guide before you install and power up this equipment This equipment contains two power cords Disconnect both power cords before servicing WARNING This equipment contains optical transceivers which comply with the limits of Class 1 laser radiation Figure 1 Class 1 laser product tag WARNING When no cable is connected visible and invisible laser radiation may be emitted...

Page 5: ...the following conditions The blade server is powered up The blade server chassis meets all its specific power requirements The I O module bay C1 or C2 is empty and ready to receive the switch module If you are replacing an existing switch module to maintain the proper cooling level in the chassis insert the replacement switch module within one minute Switch module installation Insert the switch mo...

Page 6: ... or switch module connector pins 1 Remove the orange plastic protective cover for the backplane connector Figure 2 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX7000 chassis back view with switch module slots marked 1 PowerEdge MX7000 chassis back view 2 Switch module slot C2 3 Switch module slot C1 2 Orient the switch module port side facing you The module latch is on the right side 6 MXG610s Setup Guide ...

Page 7: ...le orientation 1 Backplane connectors 2 Switch module top view 3 Switch module latch in open position 3 Open the release lever and slide the switch module into the blade server chassis slot completely MXG610s Setup Guide 7 ...

Page 8: ...ly Brocade branded SFP QSFP optical transceivers The FC switch module does not recognize unapproved products Serial connection To log in to the switch module through the serial connection on the front panel port side view perform the following steps 1 Connect the console cable with the micro USB connector to the console port on the switch module and to a USB port on the workstation 2 Disable any s...

Page 9: ...onal Modify passwords To skip modifying the password press Ctrl C NOTE Passwords are 8 to 40 characters long They must begin with an alphabetic character They can include numeric characters the period and the underscore _ only Passwords are case sensitive and do display when you enter them on the command line Static IP addresses Dell EMC recommends configuring the switch module through the blade s...

Page 10: ...5 I O modules list 3 Select the I O module name IP address or View Details on the right side of the display The Overview tab is displayed Select the Settings tab Figure 6 Settings tab 4 Click and expand the Network option Select the required check boxes and complete the IPv4 or IPv6 settings DNS server settings and optionally the management VLAN ID Click Apply 10 MXG610s Setup Guide ...

Page 11: ...anagement option Specify a hostname and root password Click Apply Figure 8 Management settings 6 Click and expand the Monitoring option Select the Enable SNMP check box the SNMP version and enter a read community string Click Apply MXG610s Setup Guide 11 ...

Page 12: ...he optical transceivers and the cable connections 1 Insert the optical transceiver in an external port on the switch module until it is firmly seated and the latching mechanism clicks Transceivers are keyed to ensure correct orientation If a transceiver does not install easily ensure that it is correctly oriented 2 Insert the fiber optic cable in the SFP or QSFP optical transceiver until the latch...

Page 13: ...FC port 24 status LED 4 Module power status LED 5 Module identification LED Table 1 Port side LEDs LED Description Module power and status LED Solid green The switch is working correctly Blinking amber The switch is working incorrectly The temperature may be too high a software error has occurred or another error is discovered Off There is no power supplied to the FC switch module Reseat the modul...

Page 14: ...diagnostics or the portdisable command Fast flashing amber 1 2 second intervals Error occurred fault with port Solid green Online connected with external device over cable Slow flashing green 2 second intervals Online but segmented Loopback cable or incompatible switch Fast flashing green 1 2 second intervals Internal loopback diagnostic Flickering green Online and frames flowing through the port ...

Page 15: ...Figure 13 Turkey Figure 14 Taiwan Figure 15 Ukraine MXG610s Setup Guide 15 ...

Page 16: ...Figure 16 China 16 MXG610s Setup Guide ...

Page 17: ... down to the bottom of the web page and select your country from the drop down menu To obtain product specific information enter the 7 character service tag known as a luggage tag or 11 digit express service code of your switch and click Submit To view the chassis service tag or express service code pull out the tag or enter the show chassis command from the CLI To receive more technical support c...

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